Hi Joe, Before i came to the United States,I had tuned many pianos with laminated soundboards in north China.the weather is very dry in winter and humid in summer, most of the housees(apartments) has no humidity control equipment,I seldom see soundboard cracks.the tuning is much more stable. Baoli --- Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote: > FWIW, has anyone else, besides myself, noticed that > these little "cheapy" > pianers w/plywood soundboards, stay very well in > tune?!! Because of this > factor, I think that laminated soundboards deserve > some serious R&D. I > believe a laminated board can be made to give good > acoustic results, if done > properly. If I'm not mistaken, I've heard Del make > similar comments. Just my > two pesos worth. > Best Regards, > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > Captain, Tool Police > Squares Are I > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
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